Packing-box



' R. L. LEMON.

PACKING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7; 19l9.

1,346,661, Patented July 13, 1920.

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ROBERT LLOYD LEMON,

0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIG-NOR TO THE VAN CAMP PACKING (30., OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

PACKING-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13,1920.

Application filed July 7, 1919. Serial No. 309,162.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I. ROBERT LLOYD LEMON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Packing-Box, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap, substantial package for shipment of canned goods and other similar articles.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. .Figure 1 is a perspective view' of the closed package ready for shipment; Fig. 2 a similar view of the package packed and ready for closure; Fig. 3 a perspective view of one of the Wooden end frames; Fig. 4 a perspective view of an end frame with attached fiber end and cover section; Fig. '5 a perspective view of the main body sheet; and Fig. 6 a section of the closed package with contents indicated by dotted lines.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a wooden end frame composed preferably of jointed strips forming a frame having a width only a trifle greater than the corresponding dimension of the goods to be packaged; and having a height substantially equal to the height of the goods to be packaged plus the thickness of the sheet material to be at tached to the frame. This sheet material, to be attached to the frame, is conveniently fiber board, commonly used for packages, and comprises a main portion 11 and a cover flap 12. The main portion 11 is substantially the size of the frame 10 and is attached to the inner face of the frame by suitable means such as staples 13. While the flap 12 has a length equal to one-half the length of the package, the sheet being preferably provided with fold line 14 so that the flap will fold down with its upper face in the plane of the upper edges of frames 10.

The main body sheet of fiber comprises the bottom 15, the sides 16, 16 and cover flaps 17, 17 defined by fold lines 18 aml-so proportioned as to fold snugly around frames 10 and be attached thereto by staples 19.

To obtain the best results, the package should be so proportioned that when the ,In ,wltness whereof my hand at Indianapolis,"lndiana, this 2nd contents are placed therein, flaps 12 may be folded down so as to rest fiat and solidly on the contents and the ends abutting. The upper surfaces or flaps 12 are then covered wlth adhesive, such as water-glass, and flaps 17 folded down flat and snugly thereon with their ends abutting when drawn together by a slight lateral force. Thereupon, a single staple 20 may be driven home straddling the abutting ends of the flaps 17 so as to firmly hold the parts in place. The package should then be promptly inverted so that the weight of the contents will serve to hold flaps 12 upon flaps 17 until the adhesive has set.

Packages constructed in this manner have been found to be very cheaply produced with no waste of material such as is common in most forms of foldable packages of fiber board, and to be capable of satisfactorily containing and carrying heavy canned goods, such as baked beans, vegetables, fruits, etc.

It will be noticed that all sections of fiberboard used in this package are rectangular so that there is no waste such as occurs where corners have to be cut out to permit folding.

I claim as my invention:

1. A package comprising two Wooden end frames, a fiber-board sheet attached to the inner face of each frame and having a length sufficient to form a cover flap, and a main fiber-board sheet wrapped around and fastened to the two wooden frames to form the bottom, two sides. and cover flaps, substantially as described. Y

2. A package comprising two wooden end frames, a fiber-board sheet attached to the face of each frame and having a length sufiicient to form a cover flap, and a fastened to the two wooden frames to form the bottom, two sides, and cover flaps, substantially as described.

' I have hereunto set day of July, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

ROBERT LLOYD LEMON.

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